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Definition of epaulette noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

epaulette

noun
 
/ˈepəlet/
 
/ˈepəlet/
(especially British English)
(North American English usually epaulet)
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  1. a decoration on the shoulder of a coat, jacket, etc., especially when part of a military uniform
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French épaulette, diminutive of épaule ‘shoulder’, from Latin spatula in the late Latin sense ‘shoulder blade’.
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